Sunday, November 25, 2012

Dads first visit to CO

   This week my Dad has been in town visiting us. This is his first trip to Colorado. So far we are having a great time, spent Thanksgiving together, and are enjoying some great weather! I hope he comes back and visits again real soon.


 A trip to Fort Collins for a brewery tour at New Belgium Brewing


Breakfast at Silver Grill Cafe in Ft. Collins
 Inside the brewery


 Dad in love with a guitar at Hard Rock Cafe, Denver





 Goofing off 

 His trip wouldn't be complete with smoking some ribs


 Red Rocks Amphitheater 



 Happy Turkey Day!

 The Flat Irons, Boulder






 My Dads FIRST Starbucks on Pearl Street, Boulder
UF vs FSU long time family rivalry... we won!
 A night out in Denver





My Dad is here for just a few more days, I think my husband is the most upset, his football watching buddy will be leaving! We hope he had a great time and hope he comes back soon!!

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Baby it's Cold Outside!

   Boy do I have a lot of posting to do! I'm a little behind so this blog may be a tad long (mostly with pictures though). The last couple weeks we have been busy working a ton. My Dad is coming Thanksgiving week for his first trip to Colorado, and I want to take some time off to be with him, hence the crazy busy work schedule. Arni is swamped with the thesis, counting days down. The fantastic news of lately is, we are skiing again! We went opening day last weekend and did about ten runs before the legs were telling me that they hated me. We also went today. What a difference a week makes. A big storm blew in over the weekend bringing snow and colder temps, and fresh snow brings all the skiers and boarders out. The lines were bananas, and the freezing temperatures were pretty rough. When we started in the morning it was -3F with a whopping high of 5F. Add bone chilling winds slapping fresh snow against your cheeks and you get.....Frost Bite! J.U.S.T  K.I.D.D.I.N.G Pretty darn cold though, still fun, but that tops the coldest temp I want to be on the slopes for. Guess it's true what they say about living in Colorado... turns you into a ski snob! We ended our ski day with friends breaking out the Thermos and sharing some very welcomed piping hot coffee!  
Remember that Halloween mini party I had? Well here are my creations!
 Creepy Oreo Spiders!
 "Mummies" in a blanket
 The spread
 Witches Brooms
Deviled Tarantulas

I voted! Go Me!
 Oh the fashion faux pas I will endure to stay warm while running. (And because one can ALWAYS make fun of herself!)
 Giselle loves wearing sweaters, however, she HATES the snow!
 Friends staying warm with coffee!
 We <3 our friends....Obviously!
-3F Almost too cold for skiing.... Almost...

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Halloween 2012

  I hope you have a spooky Halloween this year, I know we did! We went out downtown in Boulder, braved the below freezing temperatures and the obnoxious college crowds and still managed to have fun! I love Halloween and creating a costume, last year we were Tim Tebow and a Doctor, but this year I wanted to do a couples themed costume so we chose Mary Poppins and Bert, but we threw in a twist and became dead zombies and I painted skeleton makeup on our faces. What a huge hit! Here are some pictures of us and our friends.


The gang, from left to right: Hákon"'Evil Death Clown", Rob & Erin "Zombie Warden & inmate", Arni & I "Dead Mary Poppins and Bert", and Sóley "Pirate Girl".

 We had fun with this costume!

 The Nerd Pumpkin
 Giselle wanted to check out their faces
 Arni's coworkers
 Good vs Evil
 A Close up
 Jessica and Scott " A Magician and his Rabbit"
A Spoon full of Poison helps the medicine go down!
I love this man! What a good sport!